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Myanmar’s Medical Workers Face Deadly Persecution Under Junta Rule


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Since Myanmar’s military coup four years ago, medical workers have been among the most targeted professionals in the country, with 135 killed and nearly 860 arrested for opposing the junta, according to human rights monitors.

 

One of them was 26-year-old doctor Thiha Tin Htun, who was shot dead by security forces during a mass protest in Mandalay in March 2021. Footage later showed police dragging his body away, a grim symbol of the military’s brutal suppression of dissent.

 

Thiha Tin Htun was among nearly 50,000 health workers who joined the anti-junta Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), refusing to work under military rule. The response has been relentless: in just the first two months of 2025, the World Health Organization recorded six attacks on medical workers, killing 33 people.

 

Some health professionals, such as doctor Zin Lin and nurse Khin Khin Kywe, took up arms after witnessing the junta’s violent crackdowns. They were captured and executed in September 2021 after resisting a military raid. Others have suffered in different ways—medical licenses revoked, families taken hostage, and careers ruined.

 

Despite the repression, Myanmar’s health workers continue their struggle, many operating underground clinics at great personal risk. However, with the junta’s crackdown showing no signs of easing, the country’s health crisis deepens, leaving millions with little or no access to medical care.

 

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-2025-03-26

 

 

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